What to watch: Mounds View is the top-seed in Class 2A, and defending big-school champion Wayzata is No. 2. Richards could be on a collision course to meet Forest Lake's Toby Boyer again in the big-school singles final. Boyer is ranked No. 1 this year, and Richards is No. 2. Blake is aiming for another sweep of team, singles and doubles championships in Class A.

What to watch: Maple Grove, the Section 5 champion, is the team to beat in the big-school class. The Crimson are paced by Sydney Smith, a junior who has committed to play at Louisiana State. The winner of the first-round game between Bloomington Jefferson and North St. Paul should challenge for the title.

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New Life Academy, led by pitcher Valerie Hohol and catcher Malorie Giere, is in the Class A state tournament for a record ninth consecutive season.

What to watch: The 2013 state meet produced state records in four boys events and four girls events. Two all-time Minnesota records fell this season, led by Minnetonka's Mia Barron in the long jump with a leap of 19 feet, 10 inches. That broke the record of 19-5Å¸, set last year by Alexandria's Wensia Johnson. Barron is the defending big-school champion. In the high jump, Kasson-Mantorville's Taylor Wiebke set a state mark with a leap of 5-11 in the Class 2A Section 1 true team meet. Rosemount's Payton Otterdahl is back to defend Class 2A titles in the shot put and discus.

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When: Boys -- June 10 at Chaska; June 12, 14 at Chanhassen. Girls -- June 10, 14 at Chanhassen; June 12 at Chaska

2013 champions: Boys -- Eden Prairie; Girls -- Blake

What to watch: Eden Prairie won the boys title last year after finishing second the previous four seasons. Rosemount is the top-ranked boys team this spring. Blake, 13-2 overall and unbeaten against Minnesota schools, is favored to win its fifth straight championship.

What to watch: The Class 3A girls tournament is the final showdown between Burnham, Neisen and Cretin-Derham Hall's Celia Kuenster. All are Division I recruits and past state champions. Kuenster, who will play next year for the Gophers, won Class 3A crowns in 2011 and '12. In the boys tournament, Lakeville North's Freddy Thomas, a DePaul commit, is hoping to take the final step after finishing third as a sophomore and second last year as a junior. In Class 2A, Pequot Lakes junior Maggie Heggerston is coming off a round of 10-under-par 62 in the Section 7 tournament at Pokegema Golf Course in Grand Rapids. She finished the two-day tournament with a 36-hole score of 15-under 129 (67-62).

What to watch: Lakeville North is ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 3A but after losing to Bloomington Jefferson in a section playoff game Friday, the Panthers will have to work their way through the losers' bracket to advance to the state tournament. No. 2-ranked Mahtomedi is 20-2 and has won 10 consecutive games. Mounds View, the defending big-school champion, is 14-1 in its past 15 games after a slow start. Mounds View pitcher and first baseman Sam Hentges, an Arkansas recruit, recently was selected the Gatorade Minnesota player of the year.